Power Rankings: Year of the Dog

Today marks the beginning of the new Lunar New Year, which means it's time for family and red envelopes as everyone celebrates the transition from the Year of the Rooster to the Year of the Dog.

The Sharks will be fully celebrating Lunar New Year on Sunday, but there's no reason not to kick it off today. As it is the year of the dog, sjsharks.com felt that it'd be the perfect time to celebrate some of the best dogs we've seen over the past year.

Sharks Reassign Forward Rudolfs Balcers

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has reassigned Forward Rudolfs Balcers (@rudolfsbalcers) to the San Jose Barracuda (@sjbarracuda), the team's top development affiliate in the American Hockey League.

Sharks Honored Twice at National Sports Forum ADchievment Awards

Sharks Nominated Five Times, Capture Two Awards for 'Best in Sales Collateral' and 'Overall Award of Excellence' at Annual Awards Show

SAN JOSE - The San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) were recognized twice this week by the National Sports Forum ADchievement Awards for their accomplishments in the field of sports marketing and advertising. The Sharks were honored in the categories of "Best in Sales Collateral" where they were nominated twice and captured the top prize and "Overall Award of Excellence" where they placed third. The awards were presented to the team at a special awards show on Monday night in Frisco, Texas.

Postgame Infographic: Sharks vs Canucks (2/15)

Jones makes 43 saves in Sharks win against Canucks

Burns plays some at forward, has goal, assist

by
Eric Gilmore
/ NHL.com Correspondent

SAN JOSE --Martin Jones tied a season high with 43 saves for the San Jose Sharks in a 4-1 win against the Vancouver Canucks at SAP Center on Thursday.

Brent Burns, Mikkel Boedker and Chris Tierney each had a goal and an assist for the Sharks (31-19-8, 70 points), who are in second place in the Pacific Division, two points ahead of the Calgary Flames and three ahead of the Anaheim Ducks.

Sharks Recall Forward Rudolfs Balcers

SAN JOSE - San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has recalled forward Rudolfs Balcers (@rudolfsbalcers) from the San Jose Barracuda (@sjbarracuda), the team's top development affiliate in the American Hockey League.

Balcers, playing in his first season of professional hockey, is the Barracuda's leading scorer with 33 points (14 goals, 19 assists) in 45 games. The 20-year-old was selected to represent the Barracuda at the 2018 AHL All-Star Classic.

The five-foot-eleven, 175-pound native of Liepaja, Latvia was selected by San Jose in the fifth round (142nd overall) of the 2015 NHL Draft.

Sharks Recall Defenseman Tim Heed

SAN JOSE- San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) General Manager Doug Wilson announced today that the club has recalled defenseman Tim Heed from the San Jose Barracuda (@sjbarracuda), the team's top development affiliate in the American Hockey League.

The 27-year-old Heed has recorded three goals, eight assists and 50 shots on goal in 27 NHL games with the Sharks this season. He has also played in two games with the Barracuda, posting two assists, a plus-3 rating and six penalty minutes.

In 2016-17 he was named to the AHL's Second All-Star Team after ranking 3rd amongst all AHL blueliners in assists.

The six-foot, 185-pound native of Goteborg, Sweden, was originally drafted in the fifth round (132nd overall) of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft by the Anaheim Ducks. He was signed as a free agent by San Jose on May 24, 2016.

Gameday Blog: Sharks vs Canucks 2/15

Your source for news for San Jose Sharks gameday

by
Ann Frazier & Casey Krygier
/ sjsharks.com

Welcome to the Gameday Blog, the one-stop shop for San Jose Sharks fans on every gameday. This blog will be updated throughout the day with news, lineup information, videos, and tweets, so be sure to check back as the day goes on.

Welcome to the Gameday Blog, the one-stop shop for San Jose Sharks fans on every gameday. This blog will be updated throughout the day with news, lineup information, videos, and tweets, so be sure to check back as the day goes on.

It's another home game for the Sharks tonight as they host the Vancouver Canucks in yet another divisional matchup. Tonight also marks Hockey Is For Everyone Night presented by Pizza Factory, which celebrates inclusion in the sport.

The Sharks are coming off a mildly disappointing 2-1 loss to the Arizona Coyotes. Mikkel Boedker provided the only goal of the game, though the team managed to put up 41 shots on goal in the effort. The biggest news of the game, however, was the injury to Tomas Hertl, who left after being run into the boards in the first period.

Though initially feared to be somewhat serious, Sharks head coach Peter DeBoer only termed Hertl as "doubtful" for tonight at yesterday's practice. "I don't think at this point it's as serious as it possibly could have been," he said to the media.

Other news was Brent Burns's temporary move to forward for a few shifts as the Sharks looked for some offense in the third period. DeBoer reaffirmed that the Norris-winner will remain a defenseman, but may take shifts up front depending on need due to the injury situation.

The Sharks and Canucks have already met three times this season, with the Sharks prevailing two of the three for a 2-0-1 record. Both games played at SAP Center thus far have seen the Sharks score five goals; the lone blemish on the Sharks' record was a 4-3 overtime loss in Vancouver.

Shark Life: Monday Night Raw

Brent Burns attends WWE Raw at SAP Center

by
Casey Krygier
/ sjsharks.com

Sometimes you can't help the temptation of going to your workplace on your night off, especially when WWE is in town. That was the case for Brent Burns on Monday night when he and his family attended WWE's Monday Night Raw at SAP Center.

Burns' attendance to the wrestling match may not have been a huge surprise after his Twitter banter with WWE's Bludgeon Brothers.